Comdex -- PocketPC fan fest

This evening, I dropped by the third annual Pocket PC Fan Fest at Bally's Skyview. Microsoft laid on a slap-up feast, and to get in, you just had to show a PocketPC. There were some competitive events such as beam relay races between teams of five (you had to beam a theme to one another). Dale Coffing of Pocket PC Passion was a lively and entertaining MC and, courtesy of Datanywhere.com, gave away lots of spot prizes for the oldest palmtop (a Philips Nino), the newest (it was still in the box), the person with the most contact addresses (about 1,700), and so on. There were a few vendors showing things on trestle tables but Microsoft itself was invisible and I only bumped into one PR. The fans seemed to have a good time.